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This coin was struck the year Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province in 1949. Date: 12 February 2010, 06:05: Source: CANADA, GEORGE VI 1949 ---SILVER DOLLAR a: Author: Jerry "Woody" from Edmonton, Canada
The Canadian silver dollar (French: Dollar argent du Canada) was first issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V.The coin's reverse design was sculpted by Emanuel Hahn and portrays a voyageur and a person of Indigenous descent paddling a birch-bark canoe.
One thing that differentiates the later versions of the dollar coins is that they feature the crowned Percy Metcalfe effigy of King George VI. Usually, this portrait is used for Crown colonies such as Hong Kong, Malaya, or India, whereas for normal Canadian coins, an uncrowned effigy of the King by Thomas Humphrey Paget is used.
The obverse of the coins is inscribed Georgius VI Dei gratia Rex ('George VI by the grace of God, King'). During the issue of this coinage, a commemorative silver $1 was struck in 1949 to commemorate Newfoundland becoming the tenth province of Canada. The 1948 coins are very scarce, especially the 50¢ and the silver $1.
1935 Canadian voyageur dollar, commemorating King George V's Silver Jubilee. In 1935, a commemorative silver dollar was struck for King George V's Silver Jubilee. It showed the King on the obverse (front) and, a canoe containing a voyageur, (French-Canadian fur trader) and an Indigenous man, on the reverse (back).
These coins fulfilled demand for coins until new coinage tools with the effigy of King George VI were ready. While the 10- and 25-cent coins are more common, the 1-cent coins are rare, with about a half-dozen known to exist. H; Used to identify coins that were struck for Canada by the Birmingham Mint, also known as the Heaton Mint, until 1907 ...
In Canada, a dime is a coin worth ten cents. It has been the physically smallest Canadian coin since 1922; it is smaller even than the country's penny, despite its higher face value. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official national term of the coin is the 10-cent piece, but in practice, the term dime predominates in English-speaking ...
The one-dollar note of the 1935 series, featuring King George V. On March 11, 1935, the first day of its operation, the Bank issued its first series of notes. [86] There were ten notes in the 1935 series, primarily featuring members of the Royal Family: a one-dollar note, featuring King George V; a two-dollar note, featuring Queen Mary;